Improvement in ornamental knobs or curtain-pins



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEc JAMES WEATHERS, OF GREENSBURG, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO HUGH H. ELLIOTT, OF SAME PLACE.l

'IMPROVEMENT IN O'RNAMENTAL KNOBS OR CURTAIN-PINS.

Specilicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,104, dated April 11, 1876; application iled February 17, 1876.

To all whom fit may concern in the smaller of the two annular recesses, and Beit known that I, JAMES WEATHERS, of is fastened by screws or nails GO. In the Greensburg, in the county of Decatur, and in larger of the two recesses in the knob is fitted the State of Indiana, have invented certain a cap, D, of glass or other suitable material, new and useful Improvements in Ornamental which covers the head or flange a, of the shaft, Knobs or Curtain-Pins, 85e.; and do hereby deand which may be made more or less ornaclare that the following is a full, clear, and mental, as desired. exact description thereof, reference being had When the cap D is made of glass, plasterto the accompanying drawings, and to the letparis or any coloring matter may be filled in ters of reference marked thereon, making a t0 make the cap ornamental. part of this specication. This invention I have designed particularly 'The nature of my invention consists in a for use with a combined sash-holder and curknob having two annular concentric recesses, tain-fixture heretofore patented to me, No. a shaft provided with a ange at its upper 167,144, dated August 24, 1875; but it may be end, and passing through a central orilice in applied to curtain-pins, picture-nails, or any the knob, the flange being fastened by screws other purposes where an ornamental knob is or nails in the smaller recess, and covered by desired to be secured 011 a shaft or pin. an ornamental cap fitted in the larger recess, Having thus fully described my invention, all as hereinafter more fully set forth. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by In order to enable others skilled in the art Letters Patent, isto which myinvention appertains to make and The combination of the knob A, having two useV the same, I will now proceed to describe annular concentric recesses, the shaft B, proits construction and operation, referring to the vided with a flange, a, connected to the knob annexed drawing, in whichby screws or nails, and the ornamental cap D, Figure l is a plan view of my improved fitted into the larger recess, and covering the knob. Fig.`2 is a longitudinal section of the ange, substantially as herein set forth. same. y In testimony that I claim the foregoing I A represents a knob, made of wood or other have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of suitable material, and provided with a central February, 1876. orice for the passage of the shaft B. In the outer face of the knob A, around the central hole, are made two annular concentric re- Witnesses: cesses, as shown. The outer end ofthe shaft CHRIS. SHANE, B is formed with a disk or an'ge, a, which its JOHN BAEGLAY.

D JAMES WEATHERS. 

